Just look at the image to your left.Isnt it terrifying?If you ever happen to see a person like this,it can scare the hell out of you.Well,Mumbai,has battled with atleast 10 such men for around 70 hours and has come out triumphant.
Nov 26,just another normal day at work.I came back home,had my dinner and happened to see the winning moments of the cricket match.Since had missed most of the action,so thought of checking out some news.Just happened to see some BREAKING NEWS.There was some indiscriminate firing reported in southern part of the city.Initially,thought it was some maniac who had opened fire.But just held on the news for some more time and happened to realise that it was something much much bigger than anticipated.
Even though most of my friends and loved ones are not very much connected to south mumbai,but happened to check out with my friends about their safety and thankfully,everyone was safe.I went off to sleep quite reluctantly and got up the next morning and switched on the TV immediately to catch up with the news.By this time,the problem had become much much bigger than what it was last night.I decided to skip office and thought would work from home.I kept on watchin the news channel throughout,trying to know what exactly is going on.
The media was doing its job,trying to bring in the coverage each and every minute,at times,putting their own lives at risk.But however,they were indeed going a bit over the top,like the Indian media has been over the last few years.I think we really need to put a plug somehow on the media and we should try and monitor the content.But then,we have much bigger issues to handle currently.Whatever the media was showing,we could sense that just a group of 10 people,was creating mayhem in the city,holding one part of the city to ransom completely.All the visuals that were shown,bloodbath everywhere,smoke & fire flames fuming out of the country's two finest hotels,Taj & Oberoi,fierce gunbattle between the terrorists & our brave soldiers.Though,the news channels kept on showing the same thing again and again,I just kept on watching the same thing,just with that hope in my heart every minute,that the ordeal has ended now.But then,it was not meant to be so.I,along with millions of other Indians had to wait for around 70 hours to hear what we wanted to.We lost some of our fine men fighting for their nation and would like to salute them for their fighting spirit & sacrifice so that we would sleep peacefully.
Now,what is the purpose of terrorism?As the word says,its purpose is just to spread terror.I believe it is nothing but one more form of cannibalism.Infact cannibalism also has a much clearer motive,probably it is done to survive.But terrorism is a dastardly act which is now gripping the whole world now,particularly India.Mumbai in particular has been a big victim of terrorism in the last 2 decades.Now,who is responsible for this?This is one question for which no one has the answer.Well,a terrorist has no religion neither does terrorism.However,the people behind terrorism do use religion as a platform to do what they want to.What should be the punishment for such guys,if ever they are caught alive?Very rarely such guys are caught alive,but if they are indeed caught alive,like one has been in the recent mumbai attacks.Capital punishment is probably the highest punishment.But in such cases,I do not support capital punishment.Such guys should not be killed.Their hands,legs and private parts should be chopped off(Sorry for being so graphic) and they should be left to beg on the streets of Mumbai.They should be tortured day in and day out and just not be allowed to die.They are mentally prepared to die and are totally brainwashed.So they are actually not afraid to die and thats what we should not be doing.We should just make them starve for death.If human rights guys come in between,they should also be meted out such treatment.They all just deserve every bit of it.
The mood in Mumbai now is full of anger and rage.Everyone has been talking that now enough is enough,this is the limit.It is high time that our politicians are more accountable and answer to the people of this country and at least assure them safety of their lives.But unfortunately,it is not the same with policitians.They are more interested in earning brownie points for themselves,especially with the election coming soon.Most of our politicians are probably the worse in this world and can get to any extent for power.There are comments and statements coming in from may people that why are we blaming the politicians,when we are the ones who vote for them and elect them.But then what do we do?Do we really have the good leaders who would lead us?Are they really worth our votes?For a young citizen like me,it is totally a catch 22 situation.As a responsible citizen of this country,I do want to exercise my voting power and fulfil my responisbilty.But then,whom do I vote for,when I really do not trust any of them?However,that has not deterred me from voting so fan and I will continue to do so everytime,beacause I believe that my vote will make some difference.But then the time has come for us to introspect ourselves also.After the recent attacks,We all are now accusing of how the under-equipped our policemen are and how our politicians do not give a free-hand to our policemen.We were angry when the same politicians for criticising the policeman for his investigations are now offering money to his widow.I am not at all a supporter of politicians,but,how different are we from them?We are today making our policemen heroes and praising them for their valor.These are the same policemen who were panned badly sometime back,when they killed a youngster from bihar,who was wielding a gun in broad daylight in the ciyt of Mumbai.His intentions may not have been bad and unclear,he may not have killed anybody,he had a gun in his hand,damn it!If the policemen have taken the decision to shoot him,it must have been well thought out.Did we give a freehand to our policemen then?Are we the ones to tell the policemen about whom to shoot and whom not to shoot.So,I seriously feel that we should first bring about a change in ourselves and then expect something for these politicians.After all,these politicians are one amongst us and elected by us.
Though such incidents are not new to Mumbai,the intensity of the act this time has been huge and has left a big dent in the minds of Indians,especially Mumbaikars.For the first time in my life,I was feeling kind of embarassed to call myself an Indian,that too for no fault of mine.Though I still continue to believe that India is a great country and I am still proud to be an Indian,but the thought of living in a country,where there is no safety of life,has really left me depressed.
Mumbai,like they say,is the city of dreams,for millions and millions of Indians.But if such incidents continue to happen,they day will not be far away,when Mumbai will be called the 'City of Nightmares' and I really hope we never have to see such a thing ever again.Like I said before,the anger this time around seems to be having a much bigger impact and I hope that it is channelised in the right direction and serves as a wakeup call to our politicians which would then in turn make this city and our country a better place to live in.Lets get together and do as much as we can to try and bring about a change.I am not an eternal optimist but I am not a hopeless pessimist either.
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